RFR: 8309475: Test java/foreign/TestByteBuffer.java fails: a problem with msync (aix) [v2]

[JoKern65]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:52:25 GMT, Tyler Steele <tsteele at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This change adds additional support to MappedByteBuffer::force which delegates to msync on AIX. Specifically, it checks whether and error with errno set to EINVAL is the cause of a msync call to an address mmapped with the MAP_PRIVATE flag set. If this flag is set, then the msync call EINVAL is expected, and can be ignored as per the Java documentation of the force method.
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>>> In particular, the method has no effect for buffers mapped in read-only or private mapping modes. [1]
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>> Separated into separate file as per recommendation by @AlanBateman.
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>> [1] https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk21/docs/api/java.base/java/nio/MappedByteBuffer.html#force()
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> Tyler Steele has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains four commits:
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>  - Re-Removes problem list entry
>  - Maintain linux-specific definition for minicore_vec_t
>  - Separate AIX MappedMemoryUtils to new file. Add force0 implementation
>  - Replace vm_page_size call with sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE) in javaClasses.cpp

This is a reasonable solution for the problem.

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Marked as reviewed by JoKern65 at github.com (no known OpenJDK username).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14964#pullrequestreview-1571679105